The tragedy of vaccine apartheid

Richard Heydarian - @inquirerdotnet 02/16/2021

No one is safe unless everyone is safe.” This is the mantra we repeatedly hear, underlining the need for universal vaccinations to fight the pandemic. And yet, the world is facing a tragically bizarre situation where healthy…

34 hospitals to get initial batch of Pfizer vaccine — DOH

Cathrine Gonzales - Reporter / @cgonzalesINQ 02/15/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Personnel from 34 hospitals in the country will receive the initial batch of Covid-19 vaccines from US drugmaker Pfizer, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday. In an online press briefing, DOH Undersecretary and…

Lawmakers worried: Still no vaccine supply agreements

DJ Yap - Reporter / @deejayapINQ 02/13/2021

Senators were distressed that no supply contract for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines has been signed so far due to snail-paced government negotiations with drug manufacturers, while Congress leaders pushed a bill to allow local governments to…

Cebu City will need volunteer vaccinators for vaccine rollout

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/11/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City will need at least 50 vaccinators when it implements its mass vaccination program this year. Cebu City Health Officer, Doctor Jeffrey Ybonez, said that the vaccinators will be assigned to the…

EXPLAINER: Who are exempted from getting Covid-19 vaccines?

Cristina Eloisa Baclig - Content Researcher/Writer / @CeBacligINQ 02/08/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The national government has announced that it is already prepared for the expected rollout of Covid-19 vaccines in the country this month. The government has also recently approved and ratified its plan for mass…

Lapu will no longer purchase Pfizer vaccine due to storage issues

Futch Anthony Inso 01/29/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines – The Lapu-Lapu City Health Department (LCHD) will no longer purchase the Pfizer brand of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine. This is because the LCHD cannot store the vaccine, which requires a storage temperature…

China vaccine can’t be most expensive option

Geronimo L. Sy - @inquirerdotnet 01/27/2021

From cars to electronics, from consumer items to construction materials, everything from China is cheaper, much cheaper. It is not the world’s factory for nothing. In fact, practically everything around us is shipped out of a Chinese…

Cebu City vaccine board visits storage facility

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/26/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Vaccine Board has visited one storage facility in Metro Cebu that may be able to cater to the storage needs of the vaccine when these arrive in the city. Councilor…

Cebu City now in talks with Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Moderna

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/20/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is now in talks with Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Moderna for the possible procurements of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines. This is the first time that the city has…

Pfizer’s EUA stays as FDA awaits report on Norway deaths — DOH

Cathrine Gonzales - Reporter / @cgonzalesINQ 01/18/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The emergency use authorization (EUA) for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine will remain for now despite reports that some elderly people with underlying health conditions in Norway have died after getting inoculated with vaccine from the…

Rep. Abellanosa concerned about Cebu City’s lack of vaccine deal

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/16/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City South District Representative Rodrigo “Bebot” Abellanosa is concerned about the lack of a vaccine deal for the city’s residents even though majority of the highly urbanized cities in the country has…

So how much is the ‘kick-vac’?

Solita Callas-Monsod - @inquirerdotnet 01/16/2021

Remember Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.’s charge that the Philippines had the opportunity (he arranged it) to contract with Pfizer for the delivery of vaccines as early as January this year—and that the government flubbed it? Somebody…

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